AMIT

He said former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee did not dream of an Uttarakhand where liquor and mining mafia called the shots. Shah said Vajpayee had envisioned a developed hill state with a strong economy based on tourism from where people did not migrate elsewhere in search of livelihood.

Siddaramaiah rode to power in Karnataka in 2013 on the back of the support of the Ahinda. Since then, the Siddaramaiah government is often mocked by the Opposition and by the forward communities as an “Ahinda” government.

Amid stalemate in Parliament over opposition parties' protest over demonetisation, BJP President Amit Shah tonight held a meeting with party MPs from southern states where they are believed to have discussed the current political situation.